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#OnThisDay 1940 Captain Jenico Preston 16th Viscount Gormanston, from Meath died during the evacuation of Dunkirk aged 25. He has no known grave. His brother Stephen, a lieutenant in the Irish Guards was killed at Anzio in 1944 aged 23.

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#OnThisDay  1897 Ernie O’Malley was born in Castlebar, Mayo. O’Malley was an IRA officer during the War of Independence & AT-IRA commander during the Civil War. He wrote several books, most famously ‘On Another Man’s Wound’, about his wartime experiences.
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#OnThisDay 1921 Dublin IRA attack & set fire to Custom House as De Valera required a show of force. It is a military failure as the IRA, were hugely outnumbered & outgunned. 5 killed & 80 arrested. Four civilians are also killed.

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#OnThisDay 1798 In Wicklow, 24 United Irishmen prisoners shot in the ball alley at Carnew & 35 suspected U.I. prisoners shot on Dunlavin Green by Yeomanry in response to the rebellion outbreak. These executions cause rebels to mobilise quickly in Wexford. #Ireland #History

#Onthisday 1315 Edward Bruce landed at the head of an army of 6,000 at Larne & is pronounced King of Ireland. Bruce could trace his family back to Aoife & Dermot McMurrogh. War would rage in Ireland for three years in attempt to oust the English.

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